[Windows] How do I evaluate Deluge + FileBot Integration before purchasing a license?

[skelos]

Hello,
i'm totally new to Filebot and I hope to not broke forum rules posting this thread.
If it is the case, please forgive me.

In a totally new Windows 10 PC I did all steps for get Filebot via scoop but when I try to run it this message appears:

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C:\Users\Mediacenter>filebot -script fn:sysinfo
FileBot 4.9.4 (r8736)
JNA Native: 6.1.0
MediaInfo: 20.09
7-Zip-JBinding: 16.02
Tools: fpcalc/1.5.0
Extended Attributes: OK
Unicode Filesystem: OK
Script Bundle: 2022-01-20 (r791)
Groovy: 3.0.8
JRE: OpenJDK Runtime Environment 16.0.2
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
CPU/MEM: 4 Core / 2.1 GB Max Memory / 23 MB Used Memory
OS: Windows 10 (amd64)
STORAGE: NTFS [(C:)] @ 91 GB
DATA: C:\Users\Mediacenter\scoop\apps\filebot\current\data
Package: ZIP
License: UNREGISTERED
Done ?(?????)?

So, if I got it right, I can evaluate Filebot before puchase a license. So for me this message in a non sense.

Could you explain how I can evaluate FileBot? My goal is to use it with last version of Deluge.

[rednoah]

Please read [FAQ] How do I evaluate FileBot? for details.


tl;dr you can't actually rename files, neither in the GUI nor in the CLI, but you can call the filebot command-line tool with --action test to run your own tests to see what filebot would do if you were to process a given set of files


If I were to evaluate Deluge integration, I'd do it like so:
1. check that you can make Deluge call a custom script (this is unrelated to filebot specially; and this is likely where you will get stuck; especially on Windows)
2. check your custom script on the command-line independently of Deluge (pretend to be Deluge and call your script with the same parameters as Deluge would; this is where you evaluate your custom script and filebot itself; run you command with --action test and read the console output to see what it would do)
3. The final step is to combine (1) deluge calls custom script and (2) custom script calls filebot (you can still evaluate this without a license; if filebot is called then it will print some logs and then quit with some "please install your license first" error message; and that is how you confirm that filebot is indeed called and working)


Integrating FileBot with Deluge on Windows is fundamentally difficult, but those difficulties lie in Deluge / Execute Plugin / Windows CMD / etc, and so purchasing a FileBot license - or not - won't help you with those.


Here's how Deluge integration would look like on Linux and Mac, but we have no instructions for Deluge + FileBot on Windows, so it is imperative that you evaluate the Deluge / Execute Plugin first if you plan on integrating FileBot with Deluge on Windows:
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